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Daine

Gender
Boy
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Daine is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Daine come from?

Perhaps a variant of Dane

Is Daine a girl's or a boy's name?

Daine is a boys' name.

How popular is Daine in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 boys.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20012004
Daine in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20044#3,147
20033#3,593
20023#3,325
20019#1,547
20004#2,612
19990–
19983#3,021
19970–
19961#3,776

How popular is Daine in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.

Half of all the boys named Daine in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1962Busiest: 19 in 19902019
Daine in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20195#12,138
20180–
20170–
20165#12,180
20155#12,080
20146#10,711
20130–
20125#12,267
20115#12,280
20108#8,797
20096#10,989
20088#9,013
200712#6,618
20066#10,655
20057#9,108
200411#6,514
20036#9,574
20025#10,660
200113#5,383
20007#8,202
19990–
19989#6,308
19977#7,275
19967#7,129
19957#6,985
199410#5,446
199311#4,995
199211#4,864
199110#5,088
199019#3,160
198912#4,265
19889#4,781
19877#5,453
198614#3,265
198513#3,398
19845#6,311
198311#3,629
19825#6,383
19815#6,260
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19715#4,905
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19626#3,638

Names like Daine

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Daine

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Daine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daine, updated 20 October 2026.